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Availability:In StockContributor:Claude Levi-Strauss, John Weightman (Translator), Doreen Weightman (Translator)Series:Penguin ClassicsAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2012-01-31Pages:448
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin GroupISBN-13:9780143106258ISBN-10:143106252UPC:9780143106258Book Category:History, Social Science, TravelBook Subcategory:Latin America, Anthropology, Essays & TraveloguesBook Topic:South America, Cultural & SocialSize:8.30 x 5.40 x 1.10 inchesWeight:0.7915Product ID:SCBARVMX4K
A milestone in the study of culture from the father of structural anthropology

This watershed work records Claude Lévi-Strauss's search for "a human society reduced to its most basic expression." From the Amazon basin through the dense upland jungles of Brazil, Lévi-Strauss found the societies he was seeking among the Caduveo, Bororo, Nambikwara, and Tupi-Kawahib. More than merely recounting his time in their midst, Tristes Tropiques places the cultural practices of these peoples in a global context and extrapolates a fascinating theory of culture that has given the book an importance far beyond the fields of anthropology and continental philosophy. The author's fresh approach, sense of humor, and openness to the sensuous mystique of the tropics make the scientific thrust of the book eminently accessible.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin GroupISBN-13:9780143106258ISBN-10:143106252UPC:9780143106258Book Category:History, Social Science, TravelBook Subcategory:Latin America, Anthropology, Essays & TraveloguesBook Topic:South America, Cultural & SocialSize:8.30 x 5.40 x 1.10 inchesWeight:0.7915Product ID:SCBARVMX4K
Claude Levi-Strauss (1908-2009), the founder of structural anthropology, was born in Belgium and studied at the University of Paris. A member of the French Academy, he authored numerous works, including Structural Anthropology, The Savage Mind, and Myth and Meaning.

Patrick Wilcken is the author of Claude Levi-Strauss: The Father of Modern Anthropology. He lives in London.

John Weightman
(1915-2004) and Doreen Weightman (d. 1985) together translated several important anthropological works of Claude Levi-Strauss and a book about Rousseau by Jean Guehenno.
Publisher: Penguin Group

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